The corpus record

παρα-παίω

parapaio

strike on the side, strike falsely

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k

What it meant

παρα-παίω · para-paiō — LSJ

strike on the side, strike falsely

strike on the side, strike falsely, χέλυν A. Fr. 314.

II strike a false note, to be infatuated, lose oneʼs wits, to be in error, commit, folly, mad, foolish

intr., strike a false note : metaph., to be infatuated, lose oneʼs wits, Id. Pr. 1056 (anap.) ; ληρεῖν καὶ π. Ar. Pl. 508, cf. Pax 90 (anap.) ; μαίνομαι καὶ π. Pl. Smp. 173e, cf. Plb. 12.8.1 ; παραπεπαικότας Plu. Sollert. 2.963f ; to be in error, Phld. Sign. 32 ; π. τι commit a folly, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 2 ; π. πρὸς ὑλικὰς δυνάμεις Eun. VS p.474 B.:—also in pf. part. Pass., φωναὶ -πεπαισμέναι mad, foolish, S. Ichn. 234.

b to be delirious

Medic., to be delirious, Gal. 10.850, al.

2 fall away from

fall away from, τῆς ἀληθείας Plb. 3.21.9 ; τοῦ δέοντος Id. 4.31.2, al.

3 dash in

dash in, prob. in Philox. 2.26.

In the wild

παραπαίειν · parapaiein Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1056
παραπαίεις · parapaieis Aristophanes, Peace 90 (DIORISIS sentence 62)
παραπαίειν · parapaiein Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 428)
παραπαίω · parapaiō Plato, Symposium 173 (DIORISIS sentence 37)

Where it came from

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